Rubbing-board.



A. P. MILLER.

RUBBING BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED APR.5, 1912.

1,084,467'. Patented Jan. 13,1914` jfill 777.1F-

ARTHUR 1. MILLER, OF MOUNT CLEMENS, MCHIGAN.

RUBBING-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

Application filed April 5, 1912. Serial No. 688,723.

To @ZZ whom t may Concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR P. MILLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mount Clemens, in the county of Macomb and State ofMichigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rubbing- Boards,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rubbing boards, and has for its object toprovide a rubbing board with a soap pocket which, taken in connectionwith a detachable grate, a follower, and lneans for operating thefollower, enables a cake of soap to be confined within the body of therubbing board, and to be fed forward as required, thus enabling theoperation of washing clothing to be carried on, without the necessity ofhandling the soap.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts, as

'will be hereinafter more fully described,

illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claimhereunto appended.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of the rubbing board,embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation thereof.Fig. 3 isa vertical cross section taken through the soap pocket. Fig. 4is a horizontal section through the same.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates an ordinary wash-board orrubbing board, which, in carrying out the present invention, is providedat a suitable point with a pocket 2 adapted to contain la cake of soap.At the front this pocket is covered by a removable grate, embodying asubstantially rectangular grate frame 3, and cross bars 4, which passthrough rearwardly extending flanges 5 at the back of the grate frame,said grate bars being extended to form tongues 6 which are insertible inand removable from holes 7 in the wash-board at one side of the pocket,enabling the grate to be detached from the wash-board to insertanothercalre ofsoap.

At their opposite ends, the grate bars are extended beyond the margin ofthe grate and bent over to form a spring hook or clasp 8 adapted toembrace and grasp the side bar 9 of the frame of the rubbing board,

said clasp being provided with a laterally extending finger grip 10formed bybending the wire upon itself, as clearly illustrated in thedrawings. The side bar 9 is shown as provided with a notch yor recess11, into which the clasp is adapted to lit when the grate is in itsapplied position.

Arranged back of the pocket 2 is a follower board 12, provided on itsfront face with a block 13 adapted to work into and out of the soappocket, the object being to force the cale of soap forwardly against thegrate bars,- where. it will be subjected to the rubhing action of theclothes, as theyare moved over the face of the rubbing board. Thefollower blocl is urged forward by means of a cam roller 14 having theshaft- 15 thereof journaled in lianges 16, extending back from the rearof the board and connected to the cap 17 of the board, in order to moreeffectively brace the same. One end of the shaft is extended andprovided with an operating handle 18, and this handle is provided withratchet teeth 19 adapted to be engaged by a pawl or detent 2O pivotallymounted, at 21. It will now be observed that by turning the cam roller,the follower board may be pressed toward the front of the rubbing board,thereby advancing the cake of soap and pressing the same firmly againstthe grate bars, where it may be reached by the clothes, as the latterare rubbed along the corrugated face of the board.

Below the plane of the soap pocket, there isy arranged a drain trough 22divided from the pocket by a shelf 23, forming the bottoni of the soappocket, said shelf being provided with drain grooves 24 in its rearedge, as shown. The rear wall of the pocket is also cut away, as shownat 25, to give access to the board 12. It will also be observed that anysurplus water getting into the main soap pocket will drain therefromthrough the back of the board, and return throughV the trough 22 to thetub.

What is claimed is:

A rubbing board provided with'a soap pocket extending through the samefrom frontv to back, a `detachable grate covering the front of thepocket, a follower adapted to press a cake of soap toward the grate, andmeans for forcing the follower forward, the

ing beyond one side thereof into openings in grate embodying an opencenter frame, an engages the board to retain the grate in lnWa-ldlyextendlng ange, and grate bars place. 10 extendrlng through sald flangeacross the In testlmony whereof I aX my slgnature open Center of thegrate frame and projectn presence of two Witnesses.

ARTHUR P. LIILLER.

Witnesses:

VILLIAM J. DUASE, JOHN A. WEEKS.

the board, said bars projecting also beyond the opposite side of thegrate frame Where they are bent to form a spring clasp which Copies ofthis patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing theCommissioner of Batents, Washington, D. C.

